USPTO Examiner LI GUANG W - Art Unit 2478

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18675551SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON THE FLY ROUTING IN THE PRESENCE OF ERRORSMay 2024January 2026Allow2020YesNo
18631217DRAGONFLY ROUTING WITH INCOMPLETE GROUP CONNECTIVITYApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18630121FAT TREE ADAPTIVE ROUTINGApril 2024October 2025Allow1820YesNo
18611046SEARCH SPACE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18600174EFFICIENT BROADCAST CHANNEL IN BEAMFORMED SYSTEMS FOR NRMarch 2024October 2025Allow2020YesNo
18443526Multi-Network Playback DevicesFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1920YesNo
18442972COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LATENCY OF TRANSMISSION BETWEEN NETWORK ELEMENTSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18393956WIRELESS NETWORK SERVICE TYPEDecember 2023July 2025Allow1910NoNo
18542060MANAGEMENT OF MULTICAST TRAFFIC USING MULTI-LINK OPERATION (MLO) IN WI-FI 7December 2023February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18568610SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING UTILIZATION OF A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR SCHEDULING REQUEST TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS NETWORKDecember 2023February 2026Allow2600YesNo
18445635LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITE COMMUNICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING FRACTIONATED SATELLITES AND HIGH-RESOLUTION SPATIAL MULTIPLEXINGDecember 2023November 2024Allow1210YesNo
18523276Channel Sounding Using Multiple Sounding ConfigurationsNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18477556WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK DATA USING A SELECTED SET OF RESOURCESSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2120YesNo
18456175DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENTS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELSAugust 2023June 2024Allow900YesNo
18450960SCHEDULING REQUEST AND BUFFER STATUS REPORTING IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18232066CELLULAR SITE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2023April 2025Allow2020NoNo
18221817RANDOM ACCESS FOR BROADBAND 4G AND 5G OVER SATELLITEJuly 2023July 2025Allow2401NoNo
18220612METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING PRECODED PUCCH SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010YesNo
18349510NOMINAL PACKET PADDING VALUE INDICATION METHOD, DETERMINING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910NoNo
18348724METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING STATE BETWEEN NETWORK ELEMENTSJuly 2023August 2024Allow1410YesNo
18336997METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AR FILTER COEFFICIENT AND TIMES OF SYNCHRONIZATIONJune 2023July 2025Allow2500NoNo
18332832DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS FOR MESSAGE CONTENT AND TRANSMISSION IN A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDUREJune 2023June 2024Allow1210YesNo
18310682TRIGGERING RECONFIGURATION OF A WI-FI NETWORK USING RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT(RRM) CONVERGENCEMay 2023March 2026Allow3410YesNo
18136255Security, Fraud Detection, and Fraud Mitigation in Device-Assisted Services SystemsApril 2023September 2024Allow1720NoNo
18127312DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORINGMarch 2023February 2025Abandon2320NoNo
18245447PERSONALIZED CONNECTIVITY SERVICE OFFERINGSMarch 2023February 2025Allow2340YesNo
18173998WIRELESS NETWORK SERVICE TYPEFebruary 2023September 2023Allow610NoNo
18157469SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS NETWORK MANAGEMENT USING DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1210YesNo
18015950Complexity Reduction In New Radio Reduced-Capability User Equipment Devices In Mobile CommunicationsJanuary 2023December 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18148830AUTOMATED WIRELESS RADIO CONFIGURATIONDecember 2022January 2026Allow3610YesNo
18148387PROACTIVE TUNNEL CONFIGURATION COMPUTATION FOR ON-DEMAND SD-WAN TUNNELSDecember 2022February 2025Allow2540YesNo
18087252Channel Sounding Using Multiple Sounding ConfigurationsDecember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
18086957Multi-Network Playback DevicesDecember 2022October 2023Allow910NoNo
18067741METHODS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENTDecember 2022January 2024Allow1310NoNo
18066460MULTI-SERVICES GATEWAY DEVICE AT USER PREMISESDecember 2022December 2024Abandon2420NoNo
17992889SOURCE ROUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD IN ICNNovember 2022January 2026Allow3710NoNo
17997992UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ACCESS NETWORK DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022March 2026Allow4020YesNo
17967846EVALUATING OPERATION OF A MONITORING SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKOctober 2022August 2025Allow3410YesNo
18045978SLICING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROCESSOROctober 2022January 2026Allow3920NoNo
17940940METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING INFORMATION RELATED TO COLLISION OF RESERVED RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17903839DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENTS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELSSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1820YesNo
17871476PDCCH MONITORING ADAPTATION AND PDCCH REPETITIONJuly 2022June 2025Allow3410YesNo
17813624TRIGGER TO ENABLE DATA TRAFFIC REPLICATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORKJuly 2022February 2026Allow4230NoNo
17865952EXTENDING ACTIVE MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL WITH OAM CHANNELJuly 2022October 2025Allow3920YesNo
17841791DATA STORAGE METHOD AND SYSTEMJune 2022August 2025Allow3810NoNo
17752562NETWORK OPTIMIZATION FOR MITIGATION OF CROSSTALK BETWEEN NETWORK LINKSMay 2022September 2024Allow2710YesNo
17737616EFFICIENT BROADCAST CHANNEL IN BEAMFORMED SYSTEMS FOR NRMay 2022December 2023Allow2020NoNo
17661475INSTRUCTION-BASED MULTI-THREAD MULTI-MODE PUSCH AND PUCCH ENCODERS FOR CELLULAR DATA DEVICESApril 2022October 2024Allow2900NoNo
17661482REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF A SWITCH STACKApril 2022February 2024Allow2220YesNo
17730644CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSApril 2022November 2024Allow3110NoNo
17770528CONTENTION RESOLUTION IN RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDUREApril 2022November 2025Allow4340NoNo
17718018DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENTS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELSApril 2022May 2023Allow1310NoNo
17715859INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKSApril 2022December 2024Allow3230NoNo
17715830SCHEDULING REQUEST AND BUFFER STATUS REPORTING IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2022May 2023Allow1310NoNo
17703472SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022December 2024Allow3310NoNo
17683363WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES AND METHODSMarch 2022May 2023Allow1510YesNo
17671758NETWORK DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND NETWORK DEVICEFebruary 2022May 2023Allow1510NoNo
17672082COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR SPECIFYING MOVING DISTANCE CORRELATION VALUE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3510NoNo
17649146METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN A MAIN ELEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AN NFC CONTROLLER, AND A SET OF AT LEAST TWO AUXILIARY ELEMENTSJanuary 2022September 2023Allow1920YesNo
17624464COMMUNICATION APPRATUS HAVING DELAY GUARANTEE SHAPING FUNCTIONJanuary 2022September 2023Allow2110NoNo
17563206Scalable and Low Computation Cost Method for Optimizing Sampling/Probing in a Large Scale NetworkDecember 2021March 2025Allow3820YesNo
17552617Technique for Performing a Random Access Procedure Over a Radio InterfaceDecember 2021May 2023Allow1710YesNo
17620080INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021September 2025Allow4530NoNo
17456168IDENTIFYING PERSISTENT ANOMALIES FOR FAILURE PREDICTIONNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410YesNo
17528703MULTIPOINT WIRELESS NETWORKNovember 2021March 2023Allow1610NoNo
17595364TERMINAL CAPABLE OF HANDLING HIGH FREQUENCY BANDNovember 2021October 2024Allow3520NoNo
17609584Method and Network Device for Link AdaptationNovember 2021March 2025Allow4020YesNo
17594758SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DATA-DRIVEN INTELLIGENT NETWORK WITH PER-FLOW CREDIT-BASED FLOW CONTROLOctober 2021September 2024Allow3530YesNo
17594745SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TRACER PACKETS IN A DATA-DRIVEN INTELLIGENT NETWORKOctober 2021February 2024Allow2820YesNo
17594712SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON THE FLY ROUTING IN THE PRESENCE OF ERRORSOctober 2021January 2024Allow2710YesNo
17594711DRAGONFLY ROUTING WITH INCOMPLETE GROUP CONNECTIVITYOctober 2021January 2024Allow2620YesNo
17594721SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE ROUTING IN THE PRESENCE OF PERSISTENT FLOWSOctober 2021October 2023Allow2310YesNo
17594687FAT TREE ADAPTIVE ROUTINGOctober 2021December 2023Allow2620YesNo
17504731CELLULAR SITE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODSOctober 2021May 2023Allow1810NoNo
17500298Data Processing Method, Terminal, and Base StationOctober 2021August 2023Allow2220NoNo
17499553Uplink Transmission Method based on Transmission Priority and Communication ApparatusOctober 2021November 2024Allow3720NoNo
17493447INTELLIGENT MONITORING AND TESTING SYSTEM FOR CABLE NETWORKOctober 2021September 2024Allow3510YesNo
17449311OPPORTUNISTIC MESH FOR SOFTWARE-DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORK (SD-WAN)September 2021April 2025Allow4320YesNo
17485675INDICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICESeptember 2021September 2025Abandon4840NoNo
17486119MEASUREMENT INTERVAL CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICESeptember 2021March 2025Allow4140NoNo
17485900SEARCH SPACE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICESeptember 2021December 2023Allow2710NoNo
17485664MANAGEMENT SERVICE DEVICE PLATFORM CREATION AND DEVICE CONFIGURATIONSeptember 2021January 2025Allow4020YesNo
17485937NETWORK TOPOLOGY MONITORINGSeptember 2021November 2024Allow3830YesNo
17593710ENHANCEMENT OF BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-TRP OPERATIONSeptember 2021December 2024Allow3820NoNo
17481083METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONDITIONAL HANDOVERSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3420NoNo
17479129Method for Optimal Routing in an Inter-Area SRMPLS IGP Network, Nodes and System ThereofSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3320NoNo
17439390Multi-link Terminal, Method and Device for Multi-link Terminal to Perform Link Switching, and Storage MediumSeptember 2021September 2024Abandon3620NoNo
17438557PERFORMING CALCULATION FOR STATE MANAGEMENT WHEN FAILURE IN COMMUNICATION HAS OCCURREDSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2420YesNo
17458189UE, NETWORK NODE AND METHODS OF ASSISTING MEASUREMENTS IN MIXED SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONAugust 2021March 2024Allow3140NoNo
17445066METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCRIMINATING SERVICE EXPERIENCE ANALYTICSAugust 2021September 2024Allow3730YesNo
17389134MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY INITIATED TRANSFER OF A PACKET DATA NETWORK CONNECTIONJuly 2021August 2024Allow3720NoNo
17310095UE-Initiated Channel Access Procedure in Wireless Communication on Shared SpectrumJuly 2021March 2024Allow3210NoNo
17376106ORCHESTRATION OF TENANT OVERLAY NETWORK CONSTRUCTSJuly 2021October 2023Allow2710NoNo
17367319ENHANCED LDACS SYSTEM HAVING ROAMING AGREEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODSJuly 2021October 2023Allow2710NoNo
17367291METHOD OF TRANSMITTING SCHEDULING REQUEST IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2021February 2023Allow1910NoNo
17367144Method And System Of Hybrid Data-And-Model-Driven Hierarchical Network ReconfigurationJuly 2021September 2023Allow2710NoNo
17363672METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING STATE BETWEEN NETWORK ELEMENTSJune 2021April 2023Allow2120YesNo
17348025UNLICENSED BAND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICEJune 2021September 2024Allow3930NoNo
17311727Resource Allocation for Data TransmissionJune 2021April 2024Abandon3410NoNo
17329508TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHODMay 2021May 2023Abandon2420NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LI, GUANG W.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
14
Examiner Affirmed
9
(64.3%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(35.7%)
Reversal Percentile
57.0%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 35.7% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
74
Allowed After Appeal Filing
34
(45.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
40
(54.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
74.7%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 45.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner LI, GUANG W - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LI, GUANG W works in Art Unit 2478 and has examined 570 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 79.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LI, GUANG W's allowance rate of 79.8% places them in the 49% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LI, GUANG W receive 2.62 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 77% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LI, GUANG W is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 33% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +25.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LI, GUANG W. This interview benefit is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 26.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 22.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 29% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 139.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 88% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 81.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 57.1% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 79.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 83% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 52% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 21% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.